English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Church Town

Early-attested site in the Parish of Heversham

Historical Forms

  • Kirktowne 1535 Kendii,99 1645 PR(Cr)
  • (ye) Churchtown(e) 1535 Kendii,98 1659 PR(Cr) 1706 Ct
  • le Church quarter 1722 Ct
  • the Church Town quarter 1827 Kendiii,212

Etymology

Church Town, Kirktowne 1535 Kend ii, 99, 1645 PR(Cr), (ye ) Churchtown (e )1535 Kend ii, 98, 1659 PR(Cr), 1706Ct , le Church quarter 1722Ct , the Church Town quarter 1827 Kend iii, 212. 'Village near the church', v. kirkja (cirice), tūn (ME  toun ), the latter often used of a later nucleated settlement in another part of a parish or of part of a village, cf. Town End (infra ), Townhead (ii, 33infra ).

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site